Reactions of copper (II) halides with aromatic compounds—XI: Reactions of 9-alkyl-and 9-arylanthracenes in methanol

JM Mancilla, DC Nonhebel, JA Russell

Index: Mancilla,J.M. et al. Tetrahedron, 1975 , vol. 31, p. 3097 - 3101

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Abstract

9-Alkyl and 9-arylanthracenes react with copper (II) bromide in methanol to give 10-alkyl (or aryl)-10-methoxyanthrones as the major product. 9-Methylanthracene additionally affords 10- methoxy-10-methoxymethylanthrone. The formation of all these products can be interpreted in terms of an initial electron-transfer oxidation of the aromatic moiety to the radical cation.